Insigne unit



March 13, 1951 BOWDER 2,544,876

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1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to an ornamental unit which may be mounted on any article of jewelry or attached to any personal article.

Many insignia units require that the complete unit for each letter of the alphabet be carried in stock in order that the initial of the person desiring personal identification may be had.

One of the purposes of this invention is to provide an identification unit which may be snapped into place in an article of jewelry, or other article of personal wear for ornamental or identification purposes, without the necessity of carrying the complete article in stock.

Another object of this invention is to provide a simple construction of unit which may be snapped into position and held in secure assembly with the body into which it is snapped.

Another object of this invention is to provide an arrangement so that when the unit is snapped into position it cannot be rotated about an axis within itself.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a cuff link in which the insignia unit of this invention is assembled.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of a head portion of the link showing the insignia unit in position.

Figure 3 is a sectional view in a different plane from that shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the several parts of the unit and the mounting therefor.

In proceeding with this invention, I locate in a button like unit a resilient member, such as a spring, with itsends protruding from diametrically opposite sides of the button. This enables the ends to be forced inwardly and to be received in recesses in the walls of a cavity into which the button unit may be assembled.

With reference to the drawings, Ii! designates a cuff link having one movable head I2 and a fixed head IS. The fixed head is on the end of a post M and comprises a circular mount l5, having a back wall I5, and undercut flanges H. The insignia unit is designated generally l8 and is located in the cavity I9 formed by the flange [1, extending from the bottom wall it. In one wall of this cavity, there is an opening, or recess 20, as shown in Figure 4.

The insignia unit, designated generally l8,

comprises a member which may be of any shape to conform to cavity l9 and also sized to easily fit therein. In the present instance, this cavity is circular and therefore the insignia member is also circular, comprising an annulus or ring 2| which is provided with an end or bottom wall or web 22. This annulus or ring is provided with diametrically opposite through opening 23, and a spring designated 24 is positioned within the ring 22 by compressing it so that its end portion 25 will pass through the openings 23 and protrude beyond these openings a short distance. The top 2%, which actually carries the insignia, is then set into the annulus and is held in place by forcing the edge of the annulus 2| inwardly as 21 in Figure 2.

In use, it is merely necessary to place one projecting portion 25 of the insignia unit into the cavity I6, and then by pressure, the other portion 25 of the spring will be moved inwardly and it will snap into the undercut of the annulus 2| so as to hold it in position. One end will find its permanent location in the recess 20 in the wall of this cavity so as to prevent relative rotation of the mount [3 and the insignia unit I8.

I claim:

A selectively mountable unit comprising a perimeter with diametrically opposite radial openings, spaced top and bottom walls closing said perimeter, a one-piece zig zag spring lying in substantially a single plane and located between said spaced walls to be guided thereby with its ends projecting in opposite directions through said openings, said unit being adapted to be positioned into a recess with openings in its surrounding walls to receive the ends of the spring projecting through the perimeter of said unit.

DAVID H. BOWDER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,019,572 Whipple Mar. 5, 1912 1,875,907 Zarobsky Sept. 6, 1932 2,042,416 Weindel May 26, 1936 2,461,693 McAloon Feb. 15, 1949 

